Is Purple safe to use?

Purple has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Purple?

Purple can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What AI clients work with Purple?

Purple is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Purple actively maintained?

Purple is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 335 GitHub stars.

Purple

Name: Purple
Author: erickochen

by erickochen

Open-source terminal SSH manager and SSH config editor in Rust. Fuzzy search hundreds of hosts, sync from 16 clouds, transfer files, manage Docker and Podman over SSH, sign short-lived Vault SSH certs and expose an MCP server for AI agents.

335 0 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 0d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

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Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "purple": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What Purple does

An open-source terminal SSH manager and SSH config editor for macOS and Linux. A fast Rust TUI that searches hundreds of hosts, syncs from 16 clouds including AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, Proxmox and OCI, transfers files, manages Docker and Podman over SSH, signs short-lived HashiCorp Vault SSH certificates and exposes an MCP server for AI agents. Keyboard-driven. Single binary. MIT licensed.

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Is Purple safe to use?: Purple has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Purple?: Purple can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Purple?: Purple is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Purple actively maintained?: Purple is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 335 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "purple": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What Purple does

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README

An open-source terminal SSH manager for macOS and Linux that keeps ~/.ssh/config in sync with your cloud infra.

Spin up a VM on AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, Proxmox or 11 other cloud providers and it shows up in your host list. Destroy it and the entry dims. No more hand-editing ~/.ssh/config after every Terraform run, no more grepping cloud consoles for the right IP.

A fast Rust TUI with fuzzy search across hundreds of hosts, file transfer, Docker and Podman over SSH, multi-host SSH key push, short-lived HashiCorp Vault SSH certificates and an MCP server for AI agents.

Keyboard-driven. Single binary. MIT licensed.

Install

curl -fsSL getpurple.sh | sh

brew, cargo, nix, AUR or from source

brew install erickochen/purple/purple

cargo install purple-ssh

nix profile install github:erickochen/purple

paru -S purple-bin

yay -S purple-bin

git clone https://github.com/erickochen/purple.git
cd purple && cargo build --release

Claude Desktop users can install the .mcpb bundle for one-click MCP integration (read-only by default). Setup details on the MCP Server wiki. No data leaves your machine. See PRIVACY.md.

Run purple. Press ? on any screen for help. That's it.

Why I built this

My SSH config was fine. Proper aliases, ProxyJump chains, organized by provider. Not the problem.

The problem was everything around it. Need to check a container? ssh host docker ps. Copy a file? scp with the right flags. Run the same command on ten hosts? Write a loop or boot up Ansible for a one-liner. Spin up a VM on Hetzner? Open the console, grab the IP, edit config, save. Someone asks which box runs what? Good luck.

I wanted one place for all of that. So I built it.

What you get

🔍 Everything at a glance. Connection info, jump route, activity sparkline, tags, tunnels, snippets, containers and server metadata. Health dots show which hosts are up. Group by provider, tag or flat.

🔎 Jump to anything with one keystroke. Press : for a universal fuzzy bar across hosts, tunnels, containers, snippets and actions. Searches the SSH User, ProxyJump and Vault SSH role too, so typing your username finds every server you log in as. Field prefixes (user:, proxy:, vault:, tag:) scope to a single directive. Like Linear's Cmd+K, but in your terminal.

⚡ Instant fuzzy search. Names, IPs, tags, users. Frecency sorting puts your most-used hosts on top. Works the same with 5 hosts or 500. Scoped search within groups.

☁️ Your ssh config tracks your infra. Drop in one API token per provider. New VMs land in ~/.ssh/config the moment they boot. IPs stay current as instances move. Decommissioned hosts dim so you can purge them on your terms. 16 providers including AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, DigitalOcean and Proxmox. Run multiple accounts per provider side by side. See the [wiki](https://github.com/erickochen/purple/wi

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

41/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−59

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Purple safe to use?: Purple has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Purple?: Purple can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Purple?: Purple is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Purple actively maintained?: Purple is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 335 GitHub stars.